Roughrider Band Cements a Decade of Excellence at UIL Marching Contest

November 19, 2020 - On Wednesday, November 18th the Center HS Band traveled to Carthage HS to compete at the UIL Region 21 Marching Contest. The band earned a first division from all 3 judges, cementing 10 years of consecutive first divisions on the marching field.

Adjudicators for the contest were Jonathan Kelley (Conroe), Chris Brannon (Mineola HS) and Shaka Hawkins (Victoria HS). Comments from the judges included:

“Woodwinds show a lot of quality technique.”
“Some nice, strong brass- nice percussion.”  
“Band plays with nice energy and drive.”  
“Nice balance and precision.”

Now the band will compete at the UIL State Military Marching Contest on December 9th. Drum Majors for the band are Kayden Davis, Kristen Orsak and Aracely Perez-Gonzalez.